77 Lovely Quotes About Dogs (LOYALTY)

Top 10 Most Famous Quotes About Dogs (BEST)

“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring — it was peace.”
Milan Kundera

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself. – Josh Billings

It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become with each other because of them. – John Grogan

The greatest fear dogs know is the fear that you will not come back when you go out the door without them. – Stanley Coren — The greatest **fear** dogs know is the fear that you will not come back when you go out the door without them. – Stanley Coren

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer. – Dean Koontz — Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep **meditation** and almost as good for the soul as **prayer**. – Dean Koontz

“Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made.”
Roger A. Caras

When an 85-pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit on your lap, it’s hard to feel sad. – Kristan Higgins

The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be. - Konrad Lorenz — The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be. – Konrad Lorenz

Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one is a life diminished. - Dean Koontz — Once you have had a wonderful dog, a **life** without one is a life diminished. – Dean Koontz

There is nothing truer in this world than the love of a good dog. - Mira Grant — There is nothing truer in this world than the love of a good dog. – Mira Grant

9 Touching Dog Quotes that Will Make Your Heart Melt (FRIENDSHIP)

“The capacity for love that makes dogs such rewarding companions has a flip-side: They find it difficult to cope without us. Since we humans programmed this vulnerability, it’s our responsibility to ensure that our dogs do not suffer as a result.”
John Bradshaw

Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day. – John Grogan

Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.– Orhan Pamuk

There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog. – Konrad Lorenz — There is no **faith** which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog. – Konrad Lorenz

We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog has made an alliance with us. – Maurice Maeterlinck — We are alone, absolutely alone on this **chance** planet; and amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog has made an alliance with us. – Maurice Maeterlinck

A dog is the only thing that can mend a crack in your broken heart. - Judy Desmond — A dog is the only thing that can mend a crack in your broken heart. – Judy Desmond

A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you have that in your life, things won't be too hard. - Robert Wagner — A dog will teach you **unconditional love**. If you have that in your life, things won’t be too hard. – Robert Wagner

Before you get a dog, you can’t quite imagine what living with one might be like; afterward, you can’t imagine living any other way. - Caroline Knapp — Before you get a dog, you can’t quite imagine what living with one might be like; afterward, you can’t imagine living any other way. – Caroline Knapp

6 Quotes About Dogs Passing On and Going to Heaven

Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really. – Agnes Sligh Turnbull

If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. – Will Rogers — If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. – **Will Rogers**

The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man’s. – Mark Twain — The dog is a **gentleman**; I **hope** to go to his heaven not man’s. – **Mark Twain**

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons. – James Thurber

You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you; they will be there long before any of us. - Robert Louis — You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you; they will be there long before any of us. – **Robert Louis Stevenson**

Having a dog will bless you with many of the happiest days of your life, and one of the worst.

10 Quotes About Dogs that Make Us Better Human Beings (LOVE)

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive. – Gilda Radner

Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. – Roger Caras

If I could be half the person my dog is, I'd be twice the human I am. - Charles Yu — If I could be half the person my dog is, I’d be twice the human I am. –Charles Yu

You can usually tell that a man is good if he has a dog who loves him. – W. Bruce Cameron

I want to work like a dog, doing what I was born to do with joy and purpose. I want to play like a dog, with total, jolly abandon. - Oprah Winfrey — I want to work like a dog, doing what I was born to do with joy and **purpose**. I want to play like a dog, with total, jolly abandon. – **Oprah Winfrey**

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. - Mark Twain — It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog. – **Mark Twain**

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience. – Woodrow Wilson

If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals. - Albert Einstein — If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals. – **Albert Einstein**

Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors? - Saint Basil — Does not the **gratitude** of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors? – Saint Basil

The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love as unconditionally as a dog. - M.K. Clinton — The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love as unconditionally as a dog. – M.K. Clinton

3 Quotes About Dogs and Being Wealthy (MONEY)

Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail. - Kinky Friedman — **Money** can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail. – Kinky Friedman

No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich. — No matter how little **money** and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich.

Not Carnegie, Vanderbilt and Astor together could have raised money enough to buy a quarter share in my little dog. - Ernest Thompson Seton — Not **Carnegie**, Vanderbilt and Astor together could have raised **money** enough to buy a quarter share in my little dog. – Ernest Thompson Seton

14 Quotes About Dogs That Will Make You Think

“Science has so far been unable to tell us how self-aware dogs are, much less whether they have anything like our conscious thoughts. This is not surprising, since neither scientists nor philosophers can agree about what the consciousness of humans consists of, let alone that of animals.”
John Bradshaw

Dogs never bite me. Just Humans. – Marilyn Monroe — Dogs never bite me. Just Humans. – **Marilyn Monroe**

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. - Andy Rooney — The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. – Andy Rooney

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs. – Charles De Gaulle

Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses. – Elizabeth Taylor — Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses. – **Elizabeth Taylor**

I don’t understand people who don’t touch their pets. Their cat or dog is called a pet for a reason. – Jarod Kintz

If you don’t own a dog, at least one, there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life. – Roger A. Caras

Intelligent dogs rarely want to please people whom they do not respect. - W.R. Koehler — Intelligent dogs rarely want to please people whom they do not **respect**. – W.R. Koehler

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as a dog does. - Christopher Morley — No one appreciates the very special **genius** of your conversation as a dog does. – Christopher Morley

In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn’t merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog. - Edward Hoagland — In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn’t merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog. – Edward Hoagland

All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn’t a dog. – Charles M Schulz — All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn’t a dog. – **Charles M Schulz**

Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with happiness? - Jonathan Safran Foer — Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with **happiness**? – Jonathan Safran Foer

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards. - Diogenes — Dogs and **philosophers** do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards. – **Diogenes**

Be careful for deep water and dogs that do not bark. – **Indian Proverb**

12 Inspirational Quotes About Dogs

“I like dogs. You always know what a dog is thinking. It has four moods. Happy, sad, cross, and concentrating. Also, dogs are faithful and they do not tell lies because they cannot talk.”
Mark Haddon

I have found that when you are deeply troubled, there are things you get from the silent devoted companionship of a dog that you can get from no other source. – Doris Day — I have found that when you are deeply troubled, there are things you get from the silent devoted **companionship** of a dog that you can get from no other source. – Doris Day

No animal I know of can consistently be more of a friend and companion than a dog. - Stanley Leinwall — No animal I know of can consistently be more of a friend and companion than a dog. – Stanley Leinwall

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man. – Mark Twain — If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man. – **Mark Twain**

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more. – Agatha Cristie — Dogs are **wise**. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more. – Agatha Cristie

They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation. – Jerome K. Jerome

Over the years I have felt the truest, purest love — the love of God, really, I imagine that's what God's love feels like — is the love that comes from your dog. - Oprah Winfrey — Over the years I have felt the truest, purest love — the love of God, really, I imagine that’s what God’s love feels like — is the love that comes from your dog. – **Oprah Winfrey**

Dog is God spelled backward. – Duane Chapman

A dog can snap you out of any kind of bad mood that you're in faster than you can think of. - Jill Abramson — A dog can snap you out of any kind of bad mood that you’re in faster than you can think of. – Jill Abramson

Even the tiniest Poodle or Chihuahua is still a wolf at heart. - Dorothy Hinshaw — Even the tiniest Poodle or Chihuahua is still a wolf at heart. – Dorothy Hinshaw

Be the person your dog thinks you are. - C.J. Frick — Be the person your dog thinks you are. – C.J. Frick

If the kindest souls were rewarded with the longest lives, dogs would outlive us all.

10 Funny Quotes About Dogs

Scratch a dog and you’ll find a permanent job. – Franklin P. Jones

Anybody who doesn’t know what soap tastes like never washed a dog. – Franklin P. Jones

A well-trained dog will make no attempt to share your lunch. He will just make you feel so guilty that you cannot enjoy it. - Helen Thomson — A well-trained dog will make no attempt to share your lunch. He will just make you feel so guilty that you cannot enjoy it. – Helen Thomson

What do dogs do on their day off? Can’t lie around – that’s their job. – George Carlin

I’ve seen a look in dogs’ eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts. – John Steinbeck

My fashion philosophy is, if you’re not covered in dog hair, your life is empty. – Elayne Boosler

As wonderful as dogs can be, they are famous for missing the point. – Jean Ferris

If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog. – Harry Truman

Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read. – Groucho Marx

3 Quotes on Dogs Vs. Cats

“Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods”
Christopher Hitchens

“A dog will make eye contact. A cat will, too, but a cat’s eyes don’t even look entirely warm-blooded to me, whereas a dog’s eyes look human except less guarded. A dog will look at you as if to say, ‘What do you want me to do for you? I’ll do anything for you.’ Whether a dog can in fact, do anything for you if you don’t have sheep [I never have] is another matter. The dog is willing.”
Roy Blount Jr.